Governor Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority have been seeking ways to extend health coverage to those Oklahomans since Fallin rejected the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion last November. They're waiting for recommendations from consultants from Utah-based Leavitt Partners, which are expected by late June.

Republican Representative Doug Cox, who chairs the Public Health and Social Services, says an Oklahoma-based plan could still come up next year. He and other officials say Oklahoma's plan could draw off of a recently approved plan in Arkansas to use Medicaid money to buy private insurance for low-income people.